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Onofre Jarpa Labra (12 June 1849 – 15 February 1940) was a Chilean landscape painter in the Romantic style, and an essayist on various artistic topics.
@ Biografías y Vidas. directed by the conservative Italian painter Alejandro Ciccarelli, who resigned in 1869 and was replaced by the German painter, Ernst Kirchbach, who took a progressive approach that was more amenable to Jarpa's temperament. In 1875, he won second prize at an international exhibition in Santiago and, six years later, received a government grant to study in Europe, where he visited Spain, Rome and Paris. In Spain, he worked with Francisco Pradilla, who had a major influence on his style. His most important period, however, came during his stay in Venice, where his style became more Naturalistic and he began producing
@ MCN Biografías. He also became devoted to painting en plein aire. After his European tour, he visited theBiographical notes
@ Artistas Plásticos Chilenos. He resisted the trends toward French
Biography
His education began at the Instituto Nacional, a prestigious school that has produced many of Chile's presidents. He continued his studies at theAcademy of Painting (Santiago, Chile)
Academy of Painting (), also known as the School of Fine Arts of Santiago ( ''de Santiago''), was a Chilean art school, founded on March 17, 1849 in Santiago, Chile. Initially located in a building of the University of San Felipe, now the site o ...
(also known as Academia de Bellas Artes de Santiago),Brief biography@ Biografías y Vidas. directed by the conservative Italian painter Alejandro Ciccarelli, who resigned in 1869 and was replaced by the German painter, Ernst Kirchbach, who took a progressive approach that was more amenable to Jarpa's temperament. In 1875, he won second prize at an international exhibition in Santiago and, six years later, received a government grant to study in Europe, where he visited Spain, Rome and Paris. In Spain, he worked with Francisco Pradilla, who had a major influence on his style. His most important period, however, came during his stay in Venice, where his style became more Naturalistic and he began producing
still-life
A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...
s.Brief biography@ MCN Biografías. He also became devoted to painting en plein aire. After his European tour, he visited the
Holy Land
The term "Holy Land" is used to collectively denote areas of the Southern Levant that hold great significance in the Abrahamic religions, primarily because of their association with people and events featured in the Bible. It is traditionall ...
, where he painted scenes from the River Jordan
The Jordan River or River Jordan (, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn''; , ''Nəhar hayYardēn''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Sharieat'' (), is a endorheic basin, endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and d ...
and Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel (; ), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (; ), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situat ...
.
Upon returning to Chile, he became a teacher. Among his best-known students were José Tomás Errázuriz
José Tomás Errázuriz Urmeneta (November, 1856 – 1 April 1927) was a Chilean landscape painter and diplomat.
Biography
He was born in Santiago, the son of Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso and of Amalia Urmeneta Quiroga. He studied painting at ...
, Alberto Valenzuela Llanos
Alberto Valenzuela Llanos (August 29, 1869 – July 23, 1925), was a Chilean painter. He is among the Chile's greatest painters and one of the four Great Chilean Masters, along with Pedro Lira, Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma and Juan Francisco Gon ...
and the caricaturist Jorge Délano Frederick
Jorge Délano Frederick (December 4, 1895 - July 9, 1980) was a Chilean cartoonist, screenwriter, film director, and actor. He was a caricaturist for ''La Nación'', and he won the María Moors Cabot International Journalism Prize in 1952 and the ...
.@ Artistas Plásticos Chilenos. He resisted the trends toward French
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
, represented by his former classmate, Juan Francisco González
Juan Francisco González Escobar (Santiago, Chile, September 25, 1853 – Santiago, March 4, 1933) is known as one of the four Great Chilean Masters and as the archetypal romantic bohemian artist of the early 20th century. He was the most pr ...
, although he was on good terms with the Grupo Montparnasse
The Grupo Montparnasse was an organization of Chilean artists who had joined the gathering of great artists in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France, in the early part of the 20th century. Founding members, Luis Vargas Rosas and Camilo Mori ...
and the Generación del 13
Generación del 13 (Generación del Trece; The 13 Generation) was Chile's first painter collective. Its name derives from the year 1913, after a joint exhibition was held at the Salon (gathering), ''Salon'' of the Chilean newspaper ''El Mercurio' ...
.
In addition to his landscapes and still lifes, he painted several portraits of notable public figures. A quiet, deeply religious man, he continued to paint almost until the day of his death. Most of his works are now in private collections.
References
Further reading
* Anna Francisca Allamand, ''Onofre Jarpa: la naturaleza, fuente inagotable de inspiración'', (Nature: an inexhaustible source of inspiration, Volume 5 of "Pintura chilena del siglo XIX"), Origo Ediciones, 2008External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarpa, Onofre 1849 births 1940 deaths Chilean landscape painters People from Melipilla Province Chilean still life painters Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni 19th-century Chilean painters 19th-century Chilean male artists 20th-century Chilean painters Chilean male painters 20th-century Chilean male artists Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile) alumni